VW's first hybrid

摘要

As an SUV, the Touareg is one of VW's most conspicuous consumers of fuel - the official figure for the current 4.2-litre V8 version is 13.8 litres/100km. There's no arguing that there is room for improvement but, when the machine must be able to pull 3.5 tonnes uphill, where do you draw the line?rnOpening his brief for the development of a parallel hybrid version, project manager Dr Jochen Boehle discovered that VW's chief executive Martin Winterkorn had decided to draw it at less than 9 litres/100km.